Rain keeps Elis away from game
Yale won a decisive victory over Princeton at the Yale Bowl on Saturday, but most students were not there to see it.
Torrential downpours Saturday morning significantly reduced student turnout at the last home football game of the year — and, perhaps more importantly to some students, the last home tailgate. Yale’s 14-0 win was its first shutout of Princeton in 71 years, but only 5,711 students, alums and area residents showed up to see the Bulldogs move one step closer to the Ivy League title.
“We’re not disappointed with the bad turnout. We’re disappointed with the bad...
I realize this is a radical suggestion, consideing TV coverage, travel commitments, visiting team arrangements, and other logistics, but will there ever be a time when Yale takes note of dire weather forecasts and establishes a preccedent by postponing a football game for one day? It couldn't have been any worse on Sunday, and though it turned out colder,it was dry, clear and much more suitable for playing and viewing football, not to mention tailgating. Maybe the players enjoy slogging it out in the mud, but is that football as it was really intended. Yale was a major innovator in the development of the game, and perhaps it should now reevaluate its heroic and macho traditions, and look into contingency plans for playing under more suitable conditions. This goes for soccer and lacrosse as well.